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Healing Through Storytelling: The Power of Empathy and Listening to Your Inner Voice
Award-winning director Marquelle Young shares how she uses film to break mental health stigmas, empower marginalized voices, and create empathy through authentic storytelling in Atlanta's film industry.
Discovering Your Authentic Self: A Path to Wholeness with Samantha Stern
Discover how heart-led connections, service, and leadership can transform lives. Samantha Stern shares her story and wisdom for change-makers.
Letting Go of Self-Imposed Expectations and Owning Your Path with Dr. Kyra Caldwell Templeton
A conversation about redefining education and inspiring students to thrive in unconventional paths beyond the classroom.
Creating Your Own Future with Purpose and Raising the Next Generation with Jacques Léandre
A must-listen for anyone passionate about education, equity, and purpose. Jacques Léandre shares his powerful journey from Haiti to Morehouse College and beyond. Learn how he uses mentorship, football, and community engagement to break the school-to-prison pipeline, inspire young leaders, and empower families.
What Every Expecting Mother Should Know: Doula Madeleine Oden on Maternal Health Disparities
Discover Madeleine Oden’s inspiring journey of loss, resilience, and advocacy for Black maternal health. Learn how doulas, midwives, and education are changing lives.
Beyond Survival: Overcoming Chronic Illness and Reclaiming Your Life with Tomika Rayford
A discussion about taking ownership of your body and health.
Are You Stuck in a System? | Break Out and Lean into Your Purpose
A discussion about disrupting the system, leaning into your purpose, and obeying the call.
Laura-Gayle McCord | Creating a Sense of Home and Belonging with Yourself and Others
What does it mean to truly belong? How do we find a sense of home when the traditional markers of identity and stability seem to be constantly shifting? This week on Coffee Break, we’re joined by Laura-Gayle McCord, designer, artist, and former Montessori Head of School. Her journey is one of navigating multiple aspects of identity, uprooting herself from familiar environments, and redefining what it means to feel truly at home.
Why You Love The Way You Love | Knowing Your Attachment Style and Embracing Emotional Intimacy to Build Deeper Relationships
“When you've gone through healing, you think you've arrived sometimes, but it's not until you go through the thing that you've healed from that you realize, okay, these are still the areas of where I need to heal.” We discuss our journey through modern dating as three single women of faith from different backgrounds. We share our personal experiences and insights on dating, highlighting various approaches and the cultural and faith influences that shape our perspectives. We reflect on their challenges with emotional intimacy and attachment styles, the significance of vulnerability in relationships, and the ongoing work required in personal healing and growth.
Making Work More Meaningful: Mastering Mindset and Navigating Negative Workplace Culture
“Anytime you're dealing with a toxic person or somebody that's just so miserable that they want to drag you down with them, too, it's just a reflection of their internal world, and a lot of the times it has nothing to do with you. You just happen to be a character that's passing by them at this time and this place, and I think it's important to not stoop down to their level and to not engage by dishing it back, but to just, you know, I feel like in my most difficult jobs, I leaned into God more and kind of really thought about who do I want to be coming out of these, these difficult situations? How can I act in a way that after this job is all said and done, I'm happy with the way that I carried myself?”
Breaking the Cycle: Overcoming Family and Generational Trauma, Being Emotionally Sensitive, and Leading by Example
“[Our parents] were doing a lot of the first in their generation. And when you were doing the first, there's a lot of survival. You're just scrapping. You don't have the time or the luxury to think about mental health or the luxury to think about emotional health. But that does not negate the lack of presence in the home where it's okay to feel your emotions and talk about your needs and wants— it doesn't negate that [it] doesn't still hurt, it still doesn't impact us. It still doesn't take away the fact that it caused trauma. So I think the balanced way to look at it is, yes, this is what happened. Have grace and mercy for our families and our parents, but do not take away from what we experienced.”
Finding Your People: Redefining and Navigating Adult Friendships
“Usually when we have those rock hard trauma or survival techniques. It came from a place of fear and not a place of fact or love. And so I can definitely say that when I'm able to lean into that vulnerability and let go of that story that I'm telling myself, it never ricochets and I don't regret having conversations where I share myself with people.”
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